Quotes About Charisma

the Tsar next to her, grinning and preening at his latest triumph over the West. And just who did he think he was fooling with that starched and pressed face of his? Real fascists, thought Charlotte, did not use Botox.

There are those rare people who function like human magnets, who are individually so attractive – or repellent, depending on the situation – that a considerable amount more seems to happen to them, and likewise, their presence in a certain place makes more seem to happen around them. They're magical people. They have special power.

La Rochefoucauld once said, "The most untutored person with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

The moment a leader allows himself to become the primary reality people worry about, rather than reality being the primary reality, you have a recipe for mediocrity, or worse. This is one of the key reasons why less charismatic leaders often produce better long-term results than their more charismatic counterparts. Indeed

Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and he did it with that born-leader's confidence and intensity that draws along the ordinary uncertain man, who soon confuses his own interest and his own safety with that of the leader.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

I was shameless, and handsome, and well-endowed, and those three things in combination, I think, will never leave you high and dry.

It does take a special something. Whatever that 'something' is, I'm reliably told I have it in spades..." -Rodimus

If he (Teddy Roosevelt) lacked Will Taft's immediate charisma, gradually his classmates could not resist the spell of his highly original personality.

Assemblyman Isaac Hunt, who later became a close friend, would never forget the first time he saw Roosevelt. "He came in as if he had been ejected by a catapult," Hunt recalled.

Francis.… You are St Mary's. You and no other. It sounds trite, but it is precisely true. I don't know your secret. There is no spiritual bond between you and your company: no common faith, no rites, no rules of chivalry. How is it done?' 'Charm of personality,' said Lymond. 'Allied to a generous wage scale.

She wondered how a guy like Drayton could generate a turnout this big and enthusiastic. There was something about him a certain type of person loved, it seemed. She just couldn't see it.

Diamond Dallas Page didn't have that larger-than-life persona, but he had a different connection with the audience.

It comes down to personal style, and that's what's sexy and attractive in a man.

The real stars are not good actors or actresses. They're personalities.

One of the difficulties you run into is that acting and celebrity are so closely intertwined. People make careers out of being charismatic personalities. It's one of those things that people have come to expect from actors. Personalities that don't change from role to role. I don't want it that way.

In combat sports, personalities are what draw.

Well, I have a big personality, and I've been attracted to women with big personalities.

I've always had lots of energy; it's just been about channelling it in the right way. I know I can be annoying, but that's just my way and hopefully more people than not like my personality.

I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.

Because of my personality, I'm able to connect with kids on a personal level.

We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him.

People want performers, personality and drama, and you got that in the .

I like to entertain the crowd. Personally I like to entertain my team-mates first, but when the crowd gets going, it is amazing.